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1940 Marriage Certificate – Elmer Wesemann and Pearl Z. Branchide, Philadelphia (Bethel Ev. Lutheran Church)
Transcript
Uncertain readings are marked [?] or set in brackets; words that could not be read are marked as such. Each transcript is shown as written, with its transcriber’s notes.
The record
Transcription of: 1940_Marriage_Certificate_Elmer_Wesemann_Pearl_Z_Branchide.pdf
Document: Printed decorative marriage certificate marked 'Original', with ornamental border, stamped number in blue, and handwritten entries in ink signed by the officiating minister.
Conventions: original spelling kept; [?] = uncertain reading; [illegible] = unreadable; bracketed italic text describes images or marks the transcriber's notes.
Transcription
| No. | 719601 [stamped in blue] |
Original
I Ivan H. Hagedorn S.T.P. hereby certify that on the 22nd day of June one thousand nine hundred and 40 at Philadelphia Elmer Wesemann and Pearl Z. Branchide were by me
UNITED IN MARRIAGE
in accordance with License issued by the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, numbered [blank]
| Signature | Ivan H Hagedorn S.T.P |
| Title (printed; 'Justice of the Peace or Magistrate' struck through) | Minister of the Gospel, \~~Justice of the Peace or Magistrate\~~ |
| Handwritten below title | Bethel Ev. Lutheran Church. |
Transcriber's Notes
Groom's surname is written with a looped capital W that resembles 'U/Ue' ('Uesemann' at a glance); read as 'Wesemann'.
Minister's surname read as 'Hagedorn' (written 'Hagedorn' / 'Hagedorn' with a looped 'ed'); 'S.T.P.' follows the name in both places.
The words 'Justice of the Peace or Magistrate' in the printed title line are struck through by hand, leaving 'Minister of the Gospel'.
The license number after 'numbered' is left blank.